On November 19, 2004 11:43 am, Kevin Walsh wrote: > You'll find that many people will want to be subscribed to all of the > mail lists - just in case something interesting is said or asked.
Personally I subscribe to -users, -dev and -cvs. > You'll also find that some Muppets will post their questions to multiple > lists, instead of finding a specific list to use, or will judge that > their question/comment has relevance in multiple lists. For instance, > how many Asterisk veterans are likely to hang out on asterisk-newbies so > that they can answer the same FAQ question every ten minutes, and how > many Asterisk users are going to post their questions to the newbie > list when they find that there are no experts there? People already > post and/or duplicate end-user questions to the developers' list as > it is. This is exactly the problem with having a bazillion lists (as well as one of the problems with forums in general, IMO). > Splitting up the mail lists will most likely result in more bandwidth > use for most people - not less. Precisely. I see nothing wrong with what we have now (at least with the 3 I subscribe to) -- if you (the OP) are missing interesting threads, beat on the clueless ones who post with subject lines like "I need help" or "asterisk problem" -- I think the larger lists force the untrained to learn quickly or leave. The signup page should have the posting guidelines and a big fat warning that says "FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THESE GUIDELINES WILL HAMPER YOUR ABILITY TO RECEIVE HELP" -- Then let them whine on -newbies as to why they can't get anyone to help them. Too much hand-holding results in a mawkish society. People need to learn how to effectively communicate and stay afloat in the sea of information, not try and backfill the waters so they can feel comfortable. -A. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
